Diva (1981): The Plot: Jules is a young Parisian postman (Frédéric Andréi) infatuated with a world-famous opera singer (Wilhelmina Fernandez). Though she has vowed never to have one of her performances recorded, Jules does just that, unwittingly attracting the attention of two underdeveloped Thai music pirates. Then, a dying prostitute sneaks a confession tape into…
Bigggggg news this week, huh kids? Joe, escaping from prison. Whoa. Also, sad for the lawyer. Sucks to suck. Joe spends a lot of time strategizing. Nine whole years, as he points out in some monologging with Hardy. He’s built an entire web of Followers, and he’s not really met all of them yet. He orchestrated, somehow,…
Ed. Note: Hey, all. James here. This is the debut of our new writer, Bryan Sibbitts. Where did he come from? What does he want from us? Only time will tell. For now, maybe just search for clues hidden in his review of Moneyball. Perhaps every capitalized letter spells out a message or something. Who knows? What…
The Warriors (1979): The Plot: In a vaguely “futuristic” New York, bathrobe-clad super-gangster Cyrus (Roger Hill) calls a summit to unite all of the city’s gangs in a war against the NYPD. He gets assassinated, probably because his vision was too beautiful for this world. The Warriors, a gang from Coney Island, get blamed for…
As I’ve mentioned in the past, I am currently studying abroad in London. Now, one of the many nice things about spending a semester anywhere in Europe is that the rest of Europe is both very close by and relatively cheap. I’m just wrapping up my spring break, which I spent travelling. I started off…
Baddie – Johnny Depp/Robert Downey Jr. Lesson – If necessity is the mother of invention, reinventions are the weird offspring. I think it’s safe to say that there is a trend in Hollywood to create zany reiterations of things in the past. Sherlock Holmes (RDJ) and the BBC Sherlock, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, for example. I…
“The Fall” is also the name of my ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIE. So I’m going to use this opportunity to plug it. Go see it. So, are they gay or straight? Panamourous? Pansexual? Asexual? Who cares? OH YEAH. No one. No one cares. Fox. Stahp. I guess it’s alright to use the weirdness of the…
